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Neanderthals' Nifty Tailoring Skills May Have Helped Them Survive The Ice AgeNeanderthals standing around a fire

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These Tiny, Unremarkable-Looking Scraps Of Elk Hide May Be Oldest Sewn Clothing Ever Foundelk hide fragments and cord recovered from Cougar Mountain Cave

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Neanderthals Used Reindeer Bones To Skin Animals And Make Leather ClothesAn animal hide being turned into leather

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13,000-Year-Old Animal Bone Needles Unearthed At Mammoth Hunting Base In WyomingAn aerial view of the LaPrele archaeological site near Douglas, Wyoming.

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Palaeolithic Humans May Have Invented Underwear 40,000 Years AgoEyed sewing needles Paleolithic underwear

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Why People Around The World Started Wearing Pajamas Surprisingly RecentlyA German Zeppelin downed by the British.

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Why Does Women's Underwear Have A Little Bow On The Front?A pair of women's underpants, with a mysterious bow on the front.

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Humans Were Skinning Bears To Wear Their Fur 320,000 Years Agocave bear metatarsal

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